Word: joking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...anti-slavery contest, in some aspects, perhaps, even of greater consequence than that. When he spoke in this way in regard to the moral principle involved in civil service reform, a very considerable part of that body of students laughed a little, as if it were a joke. It was an illustration of what I have been just now pointing out, the slow growth of moral sentiment. There really is nothing so important for you, for young men of this time, as to feel that the civil service reform is a moral cause; one, therefore, which demands of every youth...
...members of the CRIMSON board are all virtuosos. We are all fond of old china, of bric-a-brac, of everything quaint, curious and antique. We take delight in rare old editions of rare old books in rare old bindings. We even enjoy rare old jokes, and racy remarks. We do not object to having the Advocate and the Lampoon fling their merry jests at us, for they must fill up their columns, and their jocose sayings are not able to hurt. But we should urge a plea to the Lampoon to vary the style of its lively quip...
Baby journalism: "We hope that the pupils will understand that whatever we publish concerning incidents in the school is simply as a joke and not be offended." - E. H. S. Record...
Some of our muddle-headed contemporaries who have been publishing accounts of the "Death of a Harvard student wile engaged in a joke," the following facts may be of interest: The man in question was not a Harvard student. He did not accompany the party of students to Worcester, but drove back the empty carriage. He was not intoxicated, but died of apoplexy...
...joke and called it good...